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Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Business

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Controlled grammar speaking practice

Focus:

Defining Relative Pronouns

Let's practise speaking using defining relative pronouns with this enjoyable 'tell me about' handout that gets students talking using this language building grammar focus.

1. Copy one sheet per pair of students, and cut the sheets up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the worksheets.

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions. This 'tell' speaking activity involves students telling each other about the ten different situations they have. Students should use defining relative pronouns in their answers.

4. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Business

Time:

20 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work individually then in pairs

Stage:

Controlled grammar speaking practice

Focus:

Zero/First/Second/Third Conditionals

This handout incorporates the four main conditionals in English and challenges students to firstly complete the questions in the correct form, then discuss their responses regarding the conditionals.

1. Copy one sheet for each individual student.

2. Put the students into pairs, and hand out the worksheets one between two (give out the remaining sheets after the activity to ensure better pair work).

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions. With their partner, students complete the gaps with the correct verb form, depending on the type of conditional. It will probably be necessary to check the responses on the board.

4. Next, tell students they should discuss their answers to the questions using the appropriate conditional. Monitor them, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Make sure now every student has a copy of the sheet, and elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Business

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Vocabulary speaking practice

Focus:

Compound Nouns

This is yet another great speaking handout for students to practise speaking using compound nouns. Students create compounds of their choice then try to explain their meaning to their partner.

1. Copy one sheet per pair of students, and cut the sheets up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the worksheets.

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions and make sure students aren't looking at each other's sheets.

4. Allow students the time necessary to make eight compounds with the nouns they are given. Check to ensure the compound nouns are valid. Move on to the speaking part where students must define their compounds to each other while guessing what their partner's definitions are.

5. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

6. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A vocabulary quiz

Level:

Business

Time:

10 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Vocabulary writing practice

Focus:

Compound Nouns

This worksheet is an enjoyable quiz involving an array of clues that indicate one compound noun. Learners must guess the compound noun from the definition. Great for vocab elicitation.

1. Copy one sheet for each individual student and distribute them.

2. This quiz can be done individually, in pairs or in small groups. Set students a strict time limit and monitor while students do the quiz.

3. For feedback, students can write the answers on the board or contribute them orally. The quiz can be marked by redistributing the papers with students or groups marking each other's.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Business

Time:

20 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Vocabulary speaking practice

Focus:

Compound Nouns

This is a fun split speaking handout where students take turns to describe a word that makes many compounds. Without saying the word, and by saying 'bleep' instead, their partner has to guess what the base of the compound is.

1. Copy one sheet per pair of students, and cut the sheets up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the worksheets.

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions and make sure students aren't looking at each other's sheets. Student B starts, by choosing a word from his/her crossword. He/she must say word combinations often used with that word. Importantly, he/she must not say the word itself, but *bleep*. His/her partner must guess from the word combinations what word it is, and write it on his/her crossword. Students take turns.

4. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A crossword activity

Level:

Business

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Vocabulary writing practice

Focus:

Compound Nouns

Practise a range of mid-level compound nouns with this crossword involving the first word of a compound being omitted. Can students tease out the missing part of the compound?

1. Copy one sheet for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Focus students' attention on the instructions and the clues. Students can complete the crossword individually or in pairs.

3. For feedback, students can write some/all of the answers on the board or orally contribute their answers.

Type:

A vocabulary challenge

Level:

Business

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Vocabulary writing practice

Focus:

British/American English

Get learners to practise the difference between British and American nouns with this challenging writing worksheet involving a whole host of words across the Trans-Atlantic divide.

1. Copy one sheet for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Focus students' attention on the instructions. Students read the sentences and complete the gaps with the missing British and American English words.

3. Monitor the students, and when appropriate provide any necessary individual language or vocabulary input.

4. For feedback, ask students to contribute their answers by writing some/all of the answers on the board, or by orally contributing them as a group.

5. Draw the students' attention to any specific mistakes which seem prevalent through the work and offer language input.

Type:

An individual writing task

Level:

Business

Time:

20 minutes

Skill:

Writing

Work:

Students work individually

Stage:

Controlled grammar writing practice

Focus:

Articles

For a writing worksheet involving putting pen to paper creatively, use this in your business class for the learner's enhancement of articles.

1. Copy one sheet for each individual student and distribute them.

2. Focus students' attention on the instructions. Students must write short answers to the questions focusing on the articles in the process.

3. Monitor the students, and when appropriate provide any necessary individual language or vocabulary input.

4. Give students a warning when their time limit is about to expire and then insist on pens down and heads up.

5. For feedback, there are a number of options including students writing some/all of the answers on the board, students orally contributing their answers, and collecting and marking the work etc.

6. Draw the students' attention to any specific mistakes which seem prevalent through the work and offer language input.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Business

Time:

20 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Controlled grammar speaking practice

Focus:

Articles

Business people will need accurate articles in their working lives, so enhance their correctness with this speaking pair work handout designed for them to insert articles in article-less sentences.

1. Copy one sheet per pair of students, and cut the sheets up into A and B.

2. Put the students into pairs with an A and B student, and distribute the worksheets.

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions and make sure students aren't looking at each other's sheets.

4. Allow students the time necessary (around 20 minutes) to read the sentences and correct the errors together.

5. Monitor the students, providing language input or error correction when necessary.

6. Finally elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

Type:

A pair work activity

Level:

Business

Time:

15 minutes

Skill:

Speaking

Work:

Students work in pairs

Stage:

Lead-in/Extended speaking task

Focus:

Acronyms

For a business-focussed practice on pronouncing and describing acronyms use this great pair work handout where students have to describe the meaning behind acronyms using defining relative pronouns.

1. Copy one handout for each pair of students, and cut the sheets in two.

2. Put the students into pairs, and distribute a half sheet to each individual student.

3. Focus students' attention on the instructions. Students explain the functions and roles of different acronyms to their partner. Students mustn't say the name of the acronym. Their partner guesses.

4. Allow students around fifteen minutes to find out the acronyms.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.

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